Sivananda Advanced Teachers’ Training Course
Develop the intuitive mind
The Advanced Teachers’ Training Course allows graduates from the Sivananda Yoga Teachers’ Training Course to further deepen their spiritual practice and their study of Vedanta philosophy, Raja Yoga, anatomy and Sanskrit.
Our course helps you to:
- Strengthen in your Sadhana (advanced asana and pranayama practice)
- Learn to teach and correct advanced postures and variations
- Reconnect to the tradition, lineage, senior teachers and the global Sivananda community
- Become an internationally recognized 500 hour certified Yoga Instructor
Course Curriculum
Yoga in Practice
“If we are willing to develop our latent spiritual powers, we can build a better, greater Self and a better, greater world of peace and understanding.” – Swami Vishnudevananda
Transformative Power
The ATTC is designed as a way for you, as a Yoga teacher, to deepen your understanding of basic Yogic principles and strengthen in your Sadhana, or spiritual practice. During this month-long intensive the student experiences the purifying and transformative power of a Yoga practice. This unique and informative training course helps you dive deeper into the path of meditation, focusing on the more subtle aspects of Yoga. The course is taught by senior disciples of Swami Vishnudevananda and is considered to be the next step after the 300-hour Yoga Teachers’ Training Course.
Yoga Alliance Certified
Our graduates receive an internationally recognized certification through the worldwide Yoga Alliance confirming that, in combination with the hours earned in the TTC, they are 500-hour qualified yoga teachers. The Sivananda Yoga Advanced Teachers’ Training Course includes the following:
Course Topics and Details
• Training in classical advanced variations
• Detailed corrections for your students
• Postural alignment
• Deepening your understanding of Hatha Yoga
• Practice of advanced Pranayama
• How to use the Bandhas
• Analogies to approach the Supreme Reality
• Study of Vedantic meditation techniques
• Explanation of Vedantic Mantras
• The mind its mysteries and control
• In depth study of the eight steps of Raja Yoga
• Pronunciation and writing of Mantras and hymns
• Its relation to the practice of Asanas, Pranayama and meditation
• The five devotional attitudes
Personal & individual instruction
yogic self-discipline
The Daily Schedule
4:30am Wake Up
5:00am Pranayama
6:00am Meditation, Mantra chanting, Lecture, or Silent Walk
8:00am Asanas
9:00am Anatomy & Physiology
10:00am Brunch
11:00am Karma Yoga
12:00pm Raja Yoga or Sanskrit
2:00pm Main Lecture on Vedanta
4:00pm Asanas and Pranayama
6:00pm Dinner
7:30pm Meditation, mantra chanting, lecture or Silent Nature Walk
Practical Information
Students enjoy special programs, festivals, concerts and symposiums that are offered during evening satsangs. There is one weekly day off.
*During the day off students are only required to attend morning and evening satsangs and to perform their Karma Yoga.
*Attendance at all activities is mandatory.
*Changes in the program may occur.